The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-26
ATREASURY SURPLUS BILL
INTRODUCED BY HMILLIS, OF
TENNESSEE,
Withdrawn in Favor Of the Ways and
Means Committee Bill Platt's
Open Session Bill Dead.
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BUREAU OF THE MEMPHIS APPEAL,
MOI 1905 F STREET, WASHINGTON, jan
nary 25.-Your correspondent asked
Senator Platt today as to the pros
poets OF his open executive session
resolution. "0h, that's dead for this
session." he replied. "Tnere is no
probability OF my getting 1t up. How
ever, that is not the end OF 1t by any
means; / shall introjuc it, possibly
with some changes, at the commence
ment of next session, II l am here
them"
There Is some probability OF re-
port being made by Senator Hoar on
the
M'MINEvnLE MANCHESTER RAILROAD
BILL
at the next meeting OF the Senate
Claims Committee.
A TARIFF BILL OF SOME KIND.
A desperate effort will be made
early next week, possibly at
the end OF the present one, to
get up and do something with tariff
bill OF some kind. There are 80 many
complaints, however, aud so many
wheels within wheels that II is really
very improbable that anything will be
done with the subject. At the most
the tobacco tax may be repealed I'M
der the head OF reducing customs rev.
enues."
MR. M'MrLLAN's BILL.
Your correspondent asked Repre-
senta i've McMilln today when he
would introduce his bill to provids an
outlet for the Treasury surplus, which
has already been outlined in these
dispatches.
II am not going tointroducs II q. all
now" he replied. "The Ways and
Means Committee are about to report
Q bill Of their own, which will have
the same end, and will be consolida.
ton OF the best points In my proposed
measure and The bill introduced by
Mr.. Warner, of Ohio. 1t will provide
for the investment OF about 500, OOO,-
COO from the national debt fund and
the came from the graenback fund,
in bonds, to be bought by the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, at such
times as may seem best to
him when they are paying from 2 to 4
per cent. interest. Such q bill, II
adopted, will accomplish threefold
purpose. 1t will save to the people
about 90, QUO, 900. which would other.
wise be paid as interest. 1t will place
q large sum of money In circulation,
aud will relieve the Treasury OF its re.
dundancy. Just when the bill will be
reported l don't know, but 1t is likely
TO be very SOON"
Treasurer Jordan said today that
while he had no expectation OF seeing
any tariff measure carried through
Congress, he hoped and expect sd to
see something done to relieve the
Treasury.
REPORT OF THE BoARD CT ENGINEERS.
The report OF the Board OF Engineers.
upon the relation to commerce OF the
two important water ways known as
the Portage Lake and River Improve.
ment Company canal and the Lake
Superior Ship Caral railway and Iron
Company canal, was sent to the House
today by the Secretary of War. The
examination was required by the last |
river aud harbor bill. Items for the
improvement and acquisition by the
government OF this canal, as we'll as |
the Sturgeon Bay canal, were included |
in that bill, but were stricken out in |
conference and ,minations ordered |
by way OF compromise.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
There has been no corresp ondence
between this country aud Nicaragua
relative to the const uction OF a ship
canal since 1885, but in the past few
days intelligence has been received
that convention has bsen signed be.
tween Nicaragua and Costa RIGA for
the arbitration of their boundary dis
pute by the President OF the United
States. This convention only awaits
ratification and exchange to be the
full and final disposition Of the ques-
ton OF jurisdiction over q part OF the
proposed canal route.
SUSAN b. ANTHONY AND HER PROSE.
LYTRs.
The National Woman Suffrage Asso.
ton met here today for nineteenth
annual convention. Among the dele
gates present were Miss Snssn b. An
thony, Mrs. May Wright Sswall,
Mrs. Harriet r Shattuck, Mrs. Eliza
beth Boynton lambert, Mrs. Isabella
Bescher Hooker, the Rev. olympia
Brown, Mrs. Mary Seymour Howell,
Mrs. Clara B. Crosby, Nine. Clara
Neyman, Mrs 2 G. Wallace, Miss
Ptubs W. Cousins, Mrs. Hannah
Whitehall Smith, Mary F. Eastman,
Lillian Dsvereux Blake and many
others. Miss Susan B. Anthony de.
livered the opening address, and at its
conclusion read letter from Mrs.
Elizabeth Csdy S Stanton, the president
OF the association, who is now in Eu-
rope. Several reports were read and
accepted, after which MRS Harriet R.
Shattuck spoke upon the subject OF
The Women VINO Ask and the
Women Who Object"
At the evening session addresses
were made by Mrs. Sewell, OF Indiana,
on The Conditions OF Liberty" by
Mrs. Herbert, OF Illinois, on "Our
Motherless Government" and by Mrs.
ISABELLA Bsecher Hooker on "The
Constitutional Rights of Women to
the Ballot"
THE CABINET MEETING.
Inc cabinet meeting today was at
tended by all the members except the
) secretary OF War, who is out of the
city. The principal topic OF discus.
sion was the act on OF the Senate yes.
terday on the Canadian fishery CUES
lion, in the course of which q QUESTION
arose as to the legality OF the recent
seizures Of British vessels near the
Seal Islands for alleged violations of
The laws regulating the hunting of
'ea's at or near those islands.
THE KMMoNs LuNAcY CASH.
The hearing in the Emmons luuacy
lse was resumed today. MIR. A.
Worth spates, q lawyer Of Baltimore,
estitied to meeting and kno wing Mrs..
Enmons in Cheyenne, Wyo., In 1879.
de fist met her at literary gath
ring, where she read an original ,
PAPER no'able for its brilliancy. He ,
net her quite frequently after that and
iad seen her since then and conversed
With her. He had met and seen her